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I am using the Spiced Holiday Ale recipe from this months's BYO magazine, just curious though if racking and bottling just after fermentation is complete is an okay thing like they say to do? One more thing, the yeast I am using is White Labs London and optimum fermentation temp is 67-71, my...

I racked my beer over to secondary and have it in my ice box at a constant 69 degree temp. I am seeing little white bubbles on the top of the beer, this isn't a bacteria is it? I am getting a little fermentation still, so could these bubbles be from this fermentation and these bubbles coming...

The beer that I bottled 3 weeks ago now I just tasted, it has a taste of wet cardboard.....why? I did the same exact thing that I have always done with my brew sessions, bottling, racking over and so forth. This is an off taste because of too much oxygen being put into the brew after it has...

Okay, so I built my new manifold in my 48qrt cooler using 1/2" copper pipe. I put 3 gallons of water in and only got 2 gallons out. When grains are added does this help to push the wort into the pipes more as opposed to me just putting 3 gallons of watter in and draining to see how much is...

I am curious to know what amount of wort you guys/gals are leaving behind in your mashtun after you have sparged? I am not talking grain absorption, I am talking deadspace in your coolers? Reason I ask is I just built my manifold and measured my water loss/deadspace and I put 3 gallons in and...

Okay, this weekend I brewed a nice HEFE and actually hit my effic. for once...in fact hit 80% effic. My only problem is with my new cooler and manifold I am getting stuck sparges and runoffs like crazy using the SS braid. Should I build something with PVC of copper for the cooler bottom to...

I am brewing a nice HEFE tomorrow, but this time I would like to do an acid rest and a protein rest. Can someone help me with the amount of water I should use for each of these 2 additional steps that I haven't ever done before? What I am asking is what amount per grain pounds is needed for...

I have maybe a stupid question!!! My parents drink tons of wine so I have been saving their bottles. My question is, do all bottles have the same cork size? If not, then what is my option and how do I know their cork sizes? Also, do I need to store wine on it's side while it is conditioning...

I have the 48qt rectangular cooler with the ball valve manifold and SS braided hose. This weekend I brewed Old Speckled Hen which the OG should have been 1.050 and I only got to 1.037. Brewing procedures: Used 10lbs of grain with 3.5 gallons of mash water and then 6 gallons for batch...

Can someone tell me what WhiteLabs yeast would be compared to the Nottingham? My LHBS only carries WhiteLabs, so not sure what would compare to Nottingham? Thanks

I am looking for a clone for either Old Speckeled Hen or Caffrey's!!! Anyone have one of these to help me out for my brewing session this weekend?? The wife really wants one of these two for my next beer.....SO PLEASE HELP or I will be in trouble... I am looking for an all grain recipe if you...

My effic. just plain sucks.....no matter what I do it seems as though I cannot get about 60-63%. I am using the Igloo 60 qt cooler with that little ridge in it with the wheels, then a SS braided hose for my filter. I stir at my mashin for a couple of mins, let rest for an hour, then batch...

If I am making a nice nut brown tomorrow, does it need to go to 2ndary after fermentation is complete or can I just go straight to bottling since it is a darker beer any ways? The name is going to be " Toilet Bowl Brown Ale " :ban:

I have one of those 64qt square igloo coolers for my mash tun, but my effic. has not been very good at all and I think it's because the way I batch sparge. Is there a way to fly sparge with a sqaure cooler like mine since a sparge arm would not fit this cooler, only round ones or smaller ones...

Can you guys give me some ideas on the best fridge/freezer to get for lagering? Thanks

I racked my Oktoberfest over a couple of weeks ago to my carboy, then went to bottle this past weekend and there was this waxy looking white stuff in there. What is this? It didn't smell or taste bad, but never have had this sort of problem before. Any help would be great. I bottled since it...

Grain Bill : 6# 2 Row Pale 1# Brown Malt 1# Dextrine .75 # Chocolate British 1.5# Roasted Barley Okay, I use the 60+qt igloo Ice Cube cooler with the ss braided hose. I did a single infusion at 154 degress for 1.5 hrs. Then I did a batch sparge and did a slow run off for about 30...

I am making a nice stout tomorrow, but my question is at what temps should I mash in at? And then what sort of steps should I go through beyond the mashing in? Any help would be great.

I brewed an Octoberfest Ale this past weekend....used two different strains of yeast that I had leftover from previous batches that I made a starter with. The starter I made seemed to do okay, not great action but I thought it would be enough to get things going and grow from there. I started...

I don't have the capability to lager at this point in time. Can anyone give me some good locations to find a good Oktoberfest brew that is either a steam ale or just an ale but will still have that Oktoberfest taste without the crisp clean taste a lager would have? Any help would be great...